CVE-2025-27154 Spotipy's cache file, containing spotify auth token, is created with overly broad permissions
Local attackers can read Spotify auth tokens from cache files with overly broad permissions, potentially leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-27154?
CVE-2025-27154 is a high-severity vulnerability in spotipy-dev spotipy, published on 27 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Spotipy is a lightweight Python library for the Spotify Web API. The `CacheHandler` class creates a cache file to store the auth token. Prior to version 2.25.1, the file created has `rw-r--r--` (644) permissions by default, when it could be locked down to `rw-------` (600) permissions. This leads to overly broad exposure of the spotify auth token. If this token can be read by an attacker (another user on the machine, or a process running as another user), it can be used to perform administrative actions on the Spotify account, depending on the scope granted to the token. Version 2.25.1 tightens the cache file permissions.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27154?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including spotipy. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
spotipy PyPI | All versions | 2.25.1 |
spotipy PyPI | All versions | 2.25.1 |
spotipy PyPI | All versions | 2.25.1 |
Linux distribution packages (1)
python-spotipy openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 2.25.1-1.1 |
Products include Spotipy Project Spotipy.
How do I fix CVE-2025-27154?
Upgrade spotipy to 2.25.1 or later.
Is CVE-2025-27154 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27154 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in spotipy-dev spotipy
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-27154, GHSA-pwhh-q4h6-w599, PYSEC-2026-1936, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-27154, openSUSE-SU-2025:14847-1.